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Why are wildfires getting worse? UCLA researchers point to climate and fuel buildup (opens the original)
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Yes — wildfires in the western United States have significantly worsened over the past several decades, according to research led by UCLA. Forest fires now burn 10 times as much acreage annually as in 1985, and severity has increased even faster — high-severity fire alone increased thirtyfold in California between 1985 and 2024. Over the past century, the region has seen increases in forest area burned, burn severity, fire spread potential and fire season length. CalFire data show eight of the 1
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